L4 threadid ver0 and ver1 bits

[Adam 'WeirdArms' Wiggins]

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Daniel Potts wrote:

> On Mon, 10 May 1999, Adam 'WeirdArms' Wiggins wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 10 May 1999, Daniel Potts wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > What is the precise meaning of the ver0 and ver1 bits in the L4 thread
> > > ids?
> > 
> > 	one is just the hi value the other is the low value. Versioning
> > applies to tasks. Threads just have the version number of the task they
> > run it.
> 
> Why are they separate? I havent seen the MIPS implementation actually
> touch the ver1 bits.

	I think they were seperate in the Intel for efficiency reasons,
mips seems to just use the intel register layout. Mips uses the full
version bits internally in the TTable.

	Cheers Adam
 >